(5) Pennant Races, Appreciating Baseball’s Wild Card Game, and Cole Hamels is Far from Finished

With the trade deadline behind us, Major League Baseball offers some tantalizing storylines as it enters the final third of the 2018 season. The Baseball Rabbi analyzes a number of close – and surprising – pennant races, discusses why the Wild Card Game brings the Yankees’ issues to the fore, and offers a startling prediction about Cole Hamels. Plus: feedback on Andrelton Simmons, what’s going on with the Astros, and more.